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This is the first booklength study of women in library education. The authors set out to examine the dynamic social processes and significant relationships--such as mentioning--that have shaped the aspirations and career goals of women faculty in library and information science. Employing a intergenerational sample the authors construct a unique view of the changes in opportunities and gender role expectations in the field. In addition, Maack and Passet apply management models of mentoring and support relationships to the university environment. This leads to an analysis of the kinds of mentoring and peer support relationships that best enable women to succeed, and the authors conclude with recommendatons for ways to foster positive mentoring relationships.
Written from a feminist perspective, the volume draws from the work of scholars in women's studies, sociology, psychology, management, anthropology, and higher education. Not only will the volume be of interest to those in or aspiring to a career in academia it will be of use to scholars and students in the above disciplines as well.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
History, Methodology, & Definitions
Early Aspirations and Role Models
Becoming an Academic: Mentoring & Career Patterns
Unwritten Rules: Getting Established in Academe
The Mentoring Relationship: Experiences & Perceptions
Research: Attitudes, Accomplishments, & Goals
Teaching, Service & Workload Issues
Restraints, Constraints, Barriers & Glass Ceilings
Academic Mentoring in Perspective
Commentary: Reflections, Prospects & Strategies
Reflections of a Dean on Opportunities for Women and on the Role of Mentoring by Toni Carbo Bearman
Changes in the University Environment: Perspectives of a Senior Faculty Member by Phyllis Dain
On Participating in History by Margaret Stieg
Women in Higher Education Administration by Kathleen H. McCook
Building a Power Base in the University by Jane M. Robbins
Appendix A: Demographic Profile & Mentoring Experience
Appendix B: The Relationship Constellation
Appendix C: Typology of Accreditied Schools
Appendix D: Research, Teaching & Service
Appendix E: Telephone Survey
Bibliography
Index
About the author
MARY NILES MAACK is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UCLA.
JOANNE PASSET is Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, American Studies, and Women's Studies, Indiana University.
